LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Naira, on Monday, depreciated to N1,170 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,166 per dollar last week Friday. However, the Naira appreciated to N837.77 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N837.77 per dollar from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fintech company, Opay, has been down for over an hour as Nigerians cannot send money through its app on Monday evening. This is even as Nigerians have gone to various social media platforms to express their fears. A social media user, @8jagistplug tweeted: “I no understand weytin Opay Dey do this night…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Miracle Adereti, has called on the police to locate the whereabouts of their daughter who was kidnapped by an unknown gang in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. Miracle was said to have been kidnapped while returning from school on Friday, December 1. It was gathered…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Dawaki, Abuja, on Monday, convicted four Boko Haram financiers. The convicts are Modu Aisami, Zana Zarama, Umar Mohammed and Bunu Kame. A statement by the Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Kamarudeen Ogundele, said the prosecution, led by the AGF…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US visas will soon go ‘paperless’, completely eliminating the traditional practice of stamping or pasting visas on passport pages. Recently, the Biden administration concluded a successful pilot project for “paperless visas” at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Dublin and plans to gradually implement this digital visa system, marking a significant shift…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court, sitting in Sokoto, Sokoto State, has dismissed a suit filed by the immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, over the ownership of about 5o vehicles said to belong to Zamfara State government. Recall that in June, the Zamfara State Police Command had raided the former Governor Matawalle’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian military attack that used drones to target rebels instead killed an unspecified number of civilians gathered for a religious celebration, authorities said Monday. The attack was the latest in recent errant bombings of local residents in Nigeria’s troubled regions. The attack on Sunday night in Tudun Biri village of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a thorough investigation into a military drone attack that the state emergency agency in northern Kaduna state said killed at least 85 people at the weekend. The state’s governor, a religious leader and witnesses told Reuters on Monday that dozens of civilians were killed…